Motor vehicle with finger guard

A finger guard in combination with a motor vehicle, said vehicle comprising a vehicle body having an outer body surface and a door opening therein defined by a body edge of the surrounding vehicle body, a door having an outer door surface, a proximal door edge and a distal door edge opposite said proximal door edge, said door being mounted in said door opening, said door being hinged along said proximal door edge to open outwardly and to fit closely in said door opening with a space between said body edge and said distal door edge, said finger gaurd including a door element in the form of a first flexible and yielding strip adhesively attached to said outer door surface along the distal edge of said door, said door element extending in cantilever fashion and overlapping the outer body surface adjacent to said door opening and the space therebetween, said door element having a transverse dimension substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal dimension of said distal edge of said door and longitudinal door-element edges substantially parallel to said longitudinal dimension of said distal edge of said door, said door element being substantially crescent-shaped in its transverse dimension curving outwardly from said outer surface of said door and then inwardly towards said outer body surface adjacent to said door opening.